He's Wayne and I'm Antoinette. Since July 2010 we've been traveling North America, living full-time in our motorhome (see it at page bottom) with two rescued dogs. Our adventures are chronicled as a virtual retirement and travel memoir. Click a tab below to see our camping history, get answers to full-time RV questions, see our travel map, our dogs, favorite places and things we've noticed along the way.

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Lexie and Ozzie: Getting To Know You

The weekend Ozzie took us for a "test drive" was enlightening to say the least so it gets a post of it's own here on the family blog.

For the nine months we had been with her, we thought we had gotten to know our little mild-mannered Lexie. The most excitement she'd displayed was the "bark and dance" routine she does before meals and the game of "tag" she plays when it's time to leash up for a walk. The only other time she plays is the few minutes before breakfast when she gets on the bed with us and wants me to scratch around her ears. Sometimes then she will play a little tug-of-war with the blanket.

All that changed over this wonderfully funny weekend. I think she had what Wayne refers to as "pent-up demand" because she followed Ozzie every step, barked at him and tried every trick to get him to play. I don't think little Ozzie was really up to all this but he did play a little bit and I think he let her win the wrestling match every time.

When the time came to leave Michigan's Upper Peninsula we aborted our plan to take the southern route and we opted, instead, to backtrac...

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Who Are These Old People?

I just don't know about these two old people hiding out in our midst. They seem to 'hobo' along everywhere we go. Although I've never gotten a real close look, I caught a glimpse of her in the mirror. She is about my height, but is much heavier with lots of gray hair and wrinkles. He looks a lot like Wayne without hair.

We know they're here -- I've found their toenail clippings in the shower. Lately they've been putting food stains onto the fronts of our shirts and they never pick up any of the crumbs they let fall to the floor.

These old people really have some odd habits too. Sometimes in the middle of the night I hear them scooting around the house going to and from the kitchen and bathroom. They mark book pages with clothes pins and put rubber bands around the checkbook. At night they hide stuff from us. It started with the car keys, and glasses -- then the cellphone... now they're hiding important papers. They think it's funny I guess.

These old geezers have an insatiable appetite. As a matter of fact, all they do is eat, take naps and watch old movies on tv. I think there's something wrong with them. They even talk back to the tv! And believe me... they have an opinion about everything!

At least they go to bed early. But then again, they sure get up early too!